THE RESULT
Saint Louis 4, Dayton 2
Atlantic 10 Championship Semifinals
Friday, November 5, 2021 | 4 p.m. Eastern
Baujan Field | Dayton, Ohio
 
GAME DETAILS
•Mattyn Summers and Caroline Kelly each found the back of the net, and Saint Louis pressured Dayton into two own goals as the Billikens posted a 4-2 Atlantic 10 Championship semifinal victory over the Flyers Friday afternoon at UD's Baujan Field.
•Third-seeded SLU (11-8-1), which has won seven of its last eight games, advances to the A-10 Championship final for a fourth consecutive year. The Billikens will seek a fourth straight tournament crown when they face fourth-seeded Massachusetts, a 2-0 semifinal winner over eighth-seeded Saint Joseph's, Sunday at 11 a.m. Central.
•The first own goal occurred just 25 seconds into the game when Dayton failed to clear a cross from Emily Gaebe. The second was an insurance tally on a corner kick in the 52nd minute that made it 4-2.
•In between, Kelly scored in the 28th minute to put the Bills on top 2-1, and Summers netted what proved to be the game-winner in the 50th minute, breaking a 2-2 halftime tie.
•Dayton, the tournament's No. 2 seed, finished the season 12-6-2.
 
SCORING SUMMARY
Own goal, 0:25, SLU 1-0; Laney Huber (Noel Blain), 5:52, tied 1-1; Caroline Kelly (Abbie Miller), 27:27, SLU 2-1; Alexa Holl (Jessica Sheldon), 36:38, tied 2-2; Mattyn Summers (Brionna Halverson), 49:59, SLU 3-2; own goal, 51:42, SLU 4-2
 
BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Saint Louis extended its winning streak over Dayton to nine games, taking an 11-10-3 edge in the all-time series. The Billikens have captured the last three A-10 Championship matches between the teams.
•SLU has won 10 consecutive conference tournament games and is now 16-5-1 in A-10 Championship play.
•Including conference tournament games, Saint Louis is 44-3-1 vs. A-10 opponents since the beginning of 2018.
•Mattyn Summers' goal was the second of her collegiate career and first game-winning strike. Summers fired a game- and career-high five shots.
•Caroline Kelly recorded her fifth goal of the season.
•The goals by Summers (freshman) and Kelly (sophomore) give SLU's underclassmen 19 of the team's 27 goals this season.
•Brionna Halverson notched her third assist of the season overall and second game-winning helper.
•Abbie Miller's assist was her fourth of the year. She and Kelly are tied for second on the team with 12 points apiece.
•Emily Puricelli made three saves.
•The Billikens earned a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.
 
SAINT LOUIS STARTERS
Emily Puricelli, Caroline Kelly, Hannah Friedrich, Brionna Halverson, Mattyn Summers, Karsen Kohl, Katie Houck, Sydney Beach, Abbie Miller, Emily Gaebe, Lyndsey Heckel
 
SAINT LOUIS SUBSTITUTES
Anna Walsh, Brianna Arthur, Anna Lawler, Katelyn Brinkman, Brianna Hatfield, Gracie English, Jess Preusser